Cyberpatterns 2013 - The Second International Workshop on Cyber Patterns

The Second International Workshop on Cyber patterns
Unifying Design Patterns with Security, Attack and Forensic Patterns
8-9 July 2013, Abingdon, Oxfordshire , UK
The workshop is inspired by existing work on the study of software design patterns and a vision of applying them to cybersecurity. There is widespread research in design patterns as representations of solutions to recurring design problems, including a growing body of knowledge of security patterns in designing and implementing robust defensive controls. Patterns also help us analyse security incidents, with possible adversarial behaviour modelled by attack patterns. There is significant interest on classifying incidents with attack patterns, as with the substantial catalogue in the CAPEC taxonomy. The emergence of patterns in modelling organisations and digital forensics could also be significant. Patterns are also important in pattern-matching algorithms widely used for detecting and responding to malicious activities.
The aim of the workshop is to explore commonalities and differences between the notions and uses of patterns in these various fields and to conceptualise them in a unified framework, in order to help put cybersecurity on a firmer theoretical foundation and provide aid in engineering secure systems. It will bring together interested parties from academia, industry and government to discuss issues of common interest to help bridge the gap between theory and practice.